Project Grant SAQMIP22GR0383

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through its Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459), awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Windborne Systems Inc., a small business based in Palo Alto, California. The funding supports the development of four distinct capabilities for Windborne's Global Sounding Balloon (GSB) platform: A dropsonde carrying temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind sensors that can be deployed from the GSB. Single-link radio...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Windborne Systems Inc. $886,375.16 under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) for a cooperative agreement running from August 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. Windborne will utilize its high-altitude balloon platform to conduct observation campaigns evaluating the impact of atmospheric data collection on forecast skill. The company's long endurance balloons can actively control altitude from sea level to the...

This $359,936 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a three-year observational program to measure winds and temperatures in the thermosphere near the ionospheric peak density from multiple sites along the eastern seaboard of the Americas. The project uses a network of Fabry-Perot interferometers to provide high-precision, real-time data on thermospheric dynamics and conditions that impact critical communication, navigation,...

This $147,756 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will enable SRI International to continue operating and maintaining the Mid-Latitude All-Sky-Imaging Network for Geophysical Observation (MANGO) across the continental United States. This network of 15 all-sky imagers and 4 Fabry-Perot interferometers collects near-real-time data on thermospheric winds, temperatures, and lower atmospheric impacts on the mid-latitude ionosphere....

This federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), provides $1,450,000 in funding to Colorado State University (CSU) to expand the Open Soil Water Sensor Network across the state of Colorado. The capital outlay will add more than 100 new fixed-location soil moisture sensors at strategic sites across four key regional watersheds, improving drought risk assessments,...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $653,325 project grant to the World Meteorological Organization to support the World Climate Research Programme. The grant's period of performance is from September 15, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this project grant funding will strengthen and enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....

This $1,495,400 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) funds the "ACCELNET Implementation Phase 1: International Network of Networks (S2S-ACCELNET) for Accelerating Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecast Applications and Services". The key objectives are to: 1) identify research opportunities and challenges in subseasonal-to-seasonal forecast applications and services (FAS); 2) recommend pilot regions for FAS...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) provides $500,000.00 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory to continue development and demonstration of a low-cost, standalone Mode S enhanced surveillance aircraft-derived atmospheric observation system. The project aims to advance the capabilities of this observation technology and meet operational...

This federal Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $655,096 to the University of Oklahoma for research related to improving weather prediction through analysis of polarimetric radar data. The award's stated goal is to advance fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through supporting basic research in atmospheric sciences, as outlined in the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Over a three-year...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $520,062 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) to the University of Washington. The 3-year award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will support the Surface Ocean CO2 Reference Observing Network (SOCONET) project. SOCONET will integrate national-to-regional surface ocean carbon dioxide research and monitoring efforts into a global framework....